News published on Federal Newswire in March 2023

News from March 2023


News Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson will travel to Tbilisi, Georgia from March 6-8 where he will attend the Women in Policing Conference and meet with INL’s partners in justice and law enforcement.


News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee are calling for an extension of the review period meal pattern revision rule proposed by for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - The Massachusetts operator of a chain of addiction treatment clinics is charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with millions of dollars of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and obstruction, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. In addition, the treatment center and its former supervisory counselor were also charged with health care fraud.


Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a markup of five pieces of legislation.


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News Release: A little advance trip planning can ensure that your only surprises are happy ones. Check out our top 10 insider tips to #PlanLikeAParkRanger.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions, Investments to Create Fairer Markets, Lower Prices

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $89 million across the country (PDF, 160 KB) to finance the startup and expansion of independent meat processors. USDA also announced initial steps the Department is taking to create a more competitive marketplace for seeds and other agricultural inputs.


Leave No Trace

News Release: We love hiking in our national parks!.


Granholm at Phoenix waste conference: 'We need a deep and diverse bench' of STEM talent

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praised the work of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) during her remarks at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix.


News Release: KINICHI WATANABE. Family # 3705. Camp: Manzanar, CA (Address: 27-7-1) and Tule Lake, CA. My father came to the United States in 1920 at the age of 16. He worked as a farm worker in Utah and California. My mother was born in Long Beach, CA, but she grew up in Japan. At the age of 18, she returned to the...


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that BORIS AMINOV, CHRISTY CORVALAN, DAVID FERNANDEZ, DEZYRE BAEZ...


News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today the launch of its first-ever regional summit for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in the Indo-Pacific region and welcomed more than 200 businesswomen from Brunei, Fiji, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, ...


Haaland: Bison 'inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history'

The restoration of healthy herds of an iconic yet "functionally extinct" species and the prairies it once thrived on is the focus of a newly formed working group.


Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 7-11. During his travel, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue and the ASEAN East Asian Summit Senior Officials Meeting in Jakarta.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder

News Release: A Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiring to destroy evidence connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).


News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 7-11. During his travel, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue and the ASEAN East Asian Summit Senior Officials Meeting in Jakarta.


Department of Labor finds LaFayette insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards after investigation of worker's serious head injury

News Release: LAFAYETTE, GA - A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine's roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored federal workplace safety standards.


News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I join President Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana in celebrating 66 years of independence on March 6.


News Release: In spring 2022, Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) is completing a $2 million project to remove 33 vacant structures and restore the land as forest. These buildings were non-historic. The properties were acquired decades ago as the park was established. This long-anticipated project was made possible by funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).


Lyons: Brazilian fugitive 'attempted to evade justice by hiding' in Massachusetts

Fugitive Operations Team members of Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston detained a Brazilian fugitive wanted for murder in his native country Feb. 21.


Aileen Cole

News Release: The Civil War deeply affected the Longfellow family. Three close relatives fought for the Union during the conflict: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s son Charles, nephew Stephen Longfellow, and his wife’s half-brother Nathan Appleton Jr. All three were wounded in action.